I\'d like to know what are the differences between these two kinds of Portuguese. Are they similar to Spanish differences? Is it for the written language ? How would you be able to notice if a translation was done by a Portuguese or Brazilian translator ?

Any comment would be useful

Thanks a lot

Claudia

Subject:

Comment:

The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)

Thanks for your answer Fiona, this article is very interesting and enlightening, but doesn\'t fit with what I had been told by three Brazilian friends. Do you personnally agree ? Would you recommend me to have two versions of portuguese ?

Thanks again

Claudia

Subject:

Comment:

The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)

This is always an interesting topic to discuss. I read the some of the articles (very good ones)that were in the link suggested by Fiona, and noticed that the reference to Portuguese from Portugal is CP for Continental Portuguese. Why is that? Isn\'t Brasil in a continent? I suppose that the origin of this designation comes from the British. They consider that everything that is not from the \"islands\" is from the \"continent\",in this case synonim of Europe. As the first contact the English people had with Portuguese language was with Portugal, they called it Continental Portuguese. But I think it is more correct the use of expression European Portuguese. One could say Portuguese Portuguese in opposition to Brazilian Portuguese, but that would soun ridiculous.[addsig]

Subject:

Comment:

The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)

Find out why Déjà Vu is today the most flexible, customizable and user-friendly tool on the market.
See the brand new features in action:
*Completely redesigned user interface
*Live Preview
*Inline spell checking
*Inline